Dr. Terry Simpson is a general and bariatric (weight loss) surgeon listed at 760 Las Posas Rd, Camarillo, CA, with practice listings in Ventura, CA, and earlier in the Phoenix/Scottsdale, AZ area. He is listed with Affiliated Surgical Associates and has a hospital affiliation with St. John's Regional Medical Center (Dignity Health).
He earned his MD at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1986 and completed his surgical internship, residency, and chief residency at Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle between 1986 and 1991. He says he has performed weight loss surgery since 1991 and became a Certified Culinary Medicine Specialist in 2017.
On his own website, Dr. Simpson describes himself as retired from operative practice. He says he currently works part time in wound care and serves as a board member of Southcentral Foundation, an Alaska Native-led health system.
He is widely known for health media. He hosts the podcasts "Fork U with Dr. Terry Simpson" and "Dr. Terry Simpson - The Unfiltered MD" (launched 2025), writes a Substack newsletter, and has a large social following, including about 1.2 million TikTok followers and about 249,000 Facebook likes. His stated focus is reviewing health claims against scientific evidence.
CMS Open Payments records list $6,604.40 in industry payments to him across 2 records from 2021 to 2025, mostly from Withings, Inc. ($6,500) with a smaller amount from Medtronic, Inc. ($104.40). Payments from industry to doctors are common and legal; they are reported publicly so patients can see them.
Federal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$6,604
2 payments
| 2021 | $104 |
| 2022 | $0 |
| 2023 | $0 |
| 2024 | $0 |
| 2025 | $6,500 |
Top payers
- Withings, Inc.$6,500
- Medtronic, Inc.$104
Payment types
- Consulting Fee$6,500
- Food and Beverage$104
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
Summary prepared with AI assistance from the public sources linked above. It is not a review, a rating, or an endorsement.
